Columbus Craft Meats Explained

Columbus Craft Meats
Type:Private
Key People:Joe Ennen (CEO)[1]
Industry:Food processing
Products:Salami
Owner:Hormel
Foundation:1917
Founders:Peter Domenici
Enrico Parducci
Location City:Hayward, California

Columbus Craft Meats (variously known as Columbus Salame, Columbus Sausage Company, and Columbus Foods, Inc.) is an American food processing company specializing in salami and other prepared delicatessen meats, founded in San Francisco in 1917.[2] Their current headquarters are in Hayward, California. Their products are sold at supermarkets locally and nationwide, including Costco, Safeway, Cost Plus and Trader Joe's.[3] [4] [5] Their artisanal products, including specialty salumi, have been praised by food critics.[6] [7] [8] [9]

History

Italian immigrants Peter Domenici and Enrico Parducci founded what was then the San Francisco Sausage Company in 1969. The company moved their production facilities to South San Francisco in 1967. They introduced deli meats to their product line in 1974.[10] Albert Piccetti was president of the company for 40 years, and died in 1998.[11]

Columbus Salame hired Studio Hinrichs, in association with Pentagram, to revamp their company logo, emphasizing their Italian heritage, including use of the Bodoni typeface.[12] [13] [14]

On August 28, 2009, a leak at their South San Francisco facility sent 200 pounds of anhydrous ammonia into the air, sickening more than two dozen people. The company paid $850,000 in penalties, and agreed to facility upgrades to settle a lawsuit filed by San Mateo County.[15] [16]

They opened a new $31 million processing facility in Hayward in 2011, replacing their former facility in South San Francisco, which had been devastated by a fire.[17] [18]

Endeavor Capital, a private equity firm, acquired majority control of the company in 2006.[19] In 2012, the company was sold to another private equity firm, Arbor Investments.[20] On November 27, 2017 Austin, Minnesota based Hormel Foods purchased the company for $850 million.[21]

John Piccetti

Co-owner John Piccetti has coauthored a book, Salumi: Savory Recipes and Serving Ideas for Salame, Prosciutto, and More, with cookbook author Joyce Goldstein, Charcutier Francois Vecchio, and David Rosengarten.[22] [23] [24]

See also

Other historic San Francisco Bay Area salame brands:

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Columbus Foods Announces New Chief Executive Officer . PerishableNews . 2011-12-17.
  2. Web site: About Us: Authentic Salami: Premium-Quality Deli Meats from the Finest Whole Cuts of Turkey, Ham, Beef, and Chicken | Columbus Foods . Columbussalame.com . 2011-12-17.
  3. Web site: Salami Retailers in San Francisco and Beyond | Columbus Foods . Columbussalame.com . 2011-12-17.
  4. Web site: What's New: Tasting Columbus salames - SFGate . Articles.sfgate.com . 2011-07-31 . 2011-12-17.
  5. Web site: Fabricant . Florence . Food Stuff - 2 Shops Specializing in Cured Meats . NYTimes.com . 2008-11-04 . 2011-12-17.
  6. Web site: Schneider . Edward . The First Corn Dish of Summer - NYTimes.com . Dinersjournal.blogs.nytimes.com . 2009-06-02 . 2011-12-17.
  7. Web site: All Things Considered . Chew On This: A Salumi Revival In San Francisco . NPR . 2011-12-17.
  8. Web site: Passy . Charles . Living: Accent section, lifestyle, entertainment, fashion, pets . The Palm Beach Post . 2007-09-06 . 2011-12-17.
  9. Web site: My Vagabond Kitchen: Saucisse Sèche: a love story.. July 1, 2011.
  10. Web site: Our History: San Francisco Salami and More since 1917 | Columbus Foods . Columbussalame.com . 2011-12-17.
  11. Web site: Marketplace | PressDemocrat.com | The Press-Democrat | Santa Rosa, CA . Nl.newsbank.com . 1998-02-13 . 2011-12-17.
  12. Web site: The Work: Columbus Salame . Studio Hinrichs . 2011-12-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111206192258/http://www.studio-hinrichs.com/work/branding/columbus.php . 2011-12-06 . dead .
  13. Pentagram Book Five: Fifty Case Histories in Architecture, Graphic and Industrial Design, Pentagram Design. Monacelli Press, 1999, . pages 436-445
  14. Web site: Columbus Salame at Pentagram studio website . 2013-08-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130815010006/http://www.pentagram.com/work/#/all/food%20&%20drink/newest/603/ . 2013-08-15 . dead .
  15. Web site: Columbus Salame to pay $850,000 for ammonia leak - SFGate . Articles.sfgate.com . 2011-01-12 . 2011-12-17.
  16. Web site: Salami plant ordered to fix problems, after ammonia leaks . California Watch . 2011-12-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101230080347/http://californiawatch.org/dailyreport/salami-plant-ordered-fix-problems-after-ammonia-leaks-1195 . 2010-12-30 . dead .
  17. Web site: Two years after facility burned down, new salami plant opens in Hayward . Inside Bay Area . November 13, 2011.
  18. Web site: Jonathan Bloom . Columbus Salame opens new plant 2 years after fire . abc7news . ABC Inc., KGO-TV San Francisco . 2011-07-21 . 2011-12-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110912234327/http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news%2Flocal%2Feast_bay&id=8264774 . 2011-09-12 . live .
  19. Web site: Bloomberg Politics - Bloomberg. Bloomberg.com.
  20. Web site: Private equity deals: October 8, 2012 . October 8, 2012 . https://archive.today/20130102095655/http://finance.fortune.cnn.com/2012/10/08/private-equity-deals-217/ . January 2, 2013 . dead .
  21. Web site: Hormel Foods Announces Closing Of Acquisition Of Columbus Manufacturing Inc., Maker Of Columbus® Craft Meats. Hormel Foods. Corporation. www.prnewswire.com.
  22. Salumi, John Piccetti and Francois Vecchio, with Joyce Goldstein, foreword by David Rosengarten. Chronicle Books, 2008.
  23. Web site: Salumi $24.95 . Chronicle Books . 2011-06-20 . 2011-12-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120607012625/http://www.chroniclebooks.com/titles/salumi.html . 2012-06-07 . dead .
  24. Web site: From meat platter to a work of art - SFGate . Articles.sfgate.com . 2008-12-03 . 2011-12-17.

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